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YEOMANS, Royal Theodore
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3068 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodstock, New South Wales, Australia , 14 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Woodstock, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 18 March 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Plot III, Row D, Grave 10. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE THEY LAID YOU MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3068, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 3068, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 3068, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3068, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3068 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Charles and Rachel Yeomans, of Canowindra, New South Wales. He spent most of his life in Woodstock, New South Wales.
His older brother 363 Pte. Bertram William Yeomans 17th Battalion was killed in action at Hill 60, Gallipoli on 27 August 1915.
The 30th Battalion was in a quiet sector near Messines in Belgium on the day Roy Yeomans died, presumably from shellfire.